Anticreeper for railway-rails.



J. J. QUINLAN. ANTIGBEEPBE FOB RAIBWAY RAILS.

APPLIOATIOI FILED Ill. 14. 1911.

Patented Mar. 14, 1911 same.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH QUINLAN, F ALLIANCE, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed January 14, 1911.

' Patented Mar. -14:, 1911. Serial No. 602,637. I

To all whom. tt may co'ncem:

Be it knownthat I, JOSEPH J. QUINLAN, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Alliance, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Anticreeper for Railway-Rails, of which the fol-1 lowing is a specification. r

.My invention relates to devices adapted to be attached to the rails of a railway track for the purpose of staying or anchoring said rails to prevent longitudinal creeping of the Such longitudinal movement or creeping of railway rails is a common and 'well known source of annoyance and danger and various devices have heretofore been suggested for preventlng such crecplng.

These devices have, however, usually been either complicated in construction, expenslye to manufacture or lnefiicient.

;The objects. of my invention are,'to generally improve devices of the character mentioned, and to provide an anti-creeper which will be simple in construction, cheaply made,

very readily attached to the rails and thoroughly effective in accomplishing its purpose.- These objects, together with other obj ects readily apparent to those skilled in the art, I attain'by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, although my invention nlay be embodied in other forms, the construction illustrated being chosen by way of example.

Inthe drawings Figurel is a transverse sectional VieW of a railway rail showing one of my invented anti-creepers attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of one of' my anti-creepers, showing the grip and pin detached from the anti creeper proper. Fig;

which may be of Wood or other material as 3 is a perspective view of a portion of a railway tie and rail with one of the anti-creepers in place. ig. 4 is a plan view of a fragmentary portion of a railway provided with my anti-creepers. v Throughout the several VlGWS SimIlM reference numerals indicatesimilar parts.-

The numeral 1 indicates a railway tie desired.

The numeral 2 indicates a railway rail which is of the usual construction and. in-

cludes a 'base or flange portion 3 adapted to restupon the-ties.

ThQanti-creeper cons1sts of a main body portion 4, grip 5 and a tapered pin 6. Themain body'portion comprises a yoke 7 adapted to be arranged. transversely "under the base 3 of the rail and having an integral, de-

- aged by the flange 9, the grip holding flange 10, however, curving upwardly andinwardly,-forming a hook-shaped construction, the free end' of said hook overlying The yoke 7 is of suchthe upper face of the base 3 and being spaced therefrom. Extending vertically the apertures 11 and 12 are arranged in the upper and lower sides of the flange 10, the aperture 12 being located substantially at the point where the yoke 7 terminates and the said flange 10 begins and the cm si s of said apertures being substantially in line with the inner side'of the flange 10 at 13.

The grip 5 consists of a broad, flat piece of metal bent into the form clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 and being U-shaped in crosssection. This grip is adapted to fit over the edge of the base 3 opposite that which is engaged by the flange 9, the two arms of the said grip lying on the upper and lower sides of the base 3 as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1. Externally, at the base of the .U and about midwaybetween the longitudinal edges of the grip is a squared notch 14 adapted to accommodate the square taper'edpin 6.

In attaching my anti-creeperto a rail the device is turned with the lug 8 adjacent the side of a tie,'as illustrated in Fig. 3 and the end of the device provided with the flange 9 is extended under the base of the rail until the said flange 9 is in positionto engage the edge of said base. The flange 9 is then arranged over one of the edges of the base as shown in Fig. 1 and the grip 5 slidably entered between the flange 10 and the/opposite edge of the base and moved into the position illustrated in Fig. 1, where the edge of the base 3 is shown located between the spaced arms of said grip. The tapered pin 6 is then arranged in the apertures 11 and 12, the said pin fitting into the square notch 14 to prevent displacement of thegrip 5 and to give greater surface for frictional engagement between the pin 6 and said grip. The device should then be moved longitudinally of the rail, if necessary, until the lug 8 snugly engages the side of the tie, whereupon the pin 6 maybe driven down with a sledge or the like whereby by reason "of its tapered construction, the base 3 will be tightly clamped between the grip 5 and the flange 9, the firmness of the clutch of the device depending upon the degree of tightness to which the in 6 is driven;

It should be noted that the apertures 11 and 12 are sufficiently wide to permit'the pin 6 to be driven down its full extent'and to exert all the pressure upon the grip 5. By reason of the slim taper of the pin 6 very great clamping force upon the base 3 may be exerted and the device thus held in firmly fixed position upon the rail by reason of the frictional grip or clasp produced.

Anti-creepers of my invented construction may of course be arranged upon the rails on either or" both sides of the ties in accordance with requlrenients. In Fig. l the devices are arranged to prevent creeping of the rails in the direction indicated by the arrow in said figure.

When it is desired to remove one of my anti-creepers such removal may be convenrarity accomplished by driving the pin 6 upwardly, as will be readily understood.

My anti-creeper, it will be noted, can be attached at any point along a rail and requires no cutting of the rail to acconiplish its attachment. [At the same time it produces no injurious effect upon the rail and when removed leaves no out or weakened portion. Thus it will be seen that by my invented device herein described are successfully accomplished all of the objects above 0 set forth.

I claim:

1. An anti-creeper for railway rails comprising a main body portion having a yoke adapted'to be arranged transversely under the base of a rail, said yoke provided with an integral, depending tie engaging lug, said yoke provided at one end with an integral rail base engaging flange adapted to engage one side edge of the base of the rail, the other end of the yoke provided .with an integral, upwardly curled grip holding flange, vertically disposed apertures in said grip holding flange spaced from the edge of said rail, a grip adapted to engage the edge of the rail base, said grip adapted to be arcranged intermediate sald apertures and said base, and ta ered means arranged in said apertures an in engagement with said grip for clamping said rail base between said rail base engaging flange and said grip.

2. An anti-creeper for railway rails comprising a main body portion, a grip and a tapered pin, the main body portion provided witha yoke adapted to be arranged transversely under the base of arail and having an integral, depending, tie engaging lug, said yoke provided at one end with an upwardly curled rail base. engaging flange adaptedito engage the edge of the base of the rail, the other end of the yoke provided with an upwardly curled grip holding flange, said grip comprising a broad, flat piece of metal bent into a form U-shaped in crosssection, said grip having arms adapted to include between them the edge of the base of the rail opposite that engaged by the said base engaging flange, said grip so arranged within the said grip holding flange, said grip holding flange provided with vertically disposed apertures, a tapered pin arranged in said apertures and in engagement with said "rip, and said pin adapted to be driven through said apertures, whereby the base of the rail may be clamped between said base engaging flange and'said grip.

I11. An anti-creeper for railway rails comprising a main body portion, a grip and a tapered pin, the main body portion provided. with a .yoke adapted to be arranged transversely under the base of a rail and having an integral, de ending, tie engaging lug, said yoke provided at one end with an integral rail base engaging flangeadapted to engage one side edgeof the base of the rail, the other end of the yoke provided with a grip holding flange, said grip holding flange curved upwardly and inwardly and forming a hooked shaped construction, the free end of said hook overlying the upper face of the base of the rail and being spaced therefrom, the upper and lower sides of said ip holding flange provided with vertically disposed, alined apertures, located substantially at the point where the yoke terminates and the said grip holding flange begins-the outer'sides of said apertures being substantially in line with the inner side of said grip holding flange at the outermost curved portion thereof, said grip adapted to engage the opposite side edge of the rail base, said grip arranged intermediate said apertures and said rail base, and tapered means arranged in said apertures and in engagement with said grip for clamping said rail base between said rail base engagiiig flange and said grip.

4. An anti-creeper for railway rails comprising a main body portion having a yoke adapted to be arranged transversely under the base of a rail, pered pin, said yoke provided with an integral, depending, tie engaging lug, said yoke provided at one end .with an integral rail base engaging flangeada ted to engage one side edge of the base ot the rail, the other end of the yoke provided with an integral, upwardly and inwardly curled grip holding flange, said grip havin arms adapted to include between of the base-of the rail opposite the edge enthe said apertures bemg I them t e, edge gaged by the said base engaging flange, said I through said apertures, whereby to clamp grip provided externally with a squared thebase of the railrbe'tweensaid base engagnotch adapted to receive said squared tain-g flange and said grip.

"pered pin, said grip arranged within said In testimony that I claim the above, I

grip holding flange and in engagement With have hereunto subscribed my name 1n the l5 said rail base, said grip holding flange pro- I presence of two-witnesses.

vided with vertically disposed alined aper- JOSEPH, QUINLAN. tures, said pinarranged in said apertures i vitnessesz and -'10catec l in said squared notch, the said" 'RIGI'IARD M ELROY,

pi-nadapted to be driven, Wedge fashion, ARTHUR W. MOMS.

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